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@LiberationtechMarch 4th, 2013
Stanford conference to explore right to information and technology
CDDRL, FSI Stanford AnnouncementOn March 11-12, the Program on Liberation Technology at CDDRL is convening a conference to examine digital tools and their impact on the development of democratic development. Hosted in partnership with U.C. Berkeley’s Data and Democracy Initiative, the two-day conference will bring together academics, practitioners, and policy-makers. Read more »
January 1st, 2013
Digital campaign strategists of Obama & Romney to engage in an exciting discussion
CDDRL NewsArchitects of the digital campaign of Obama and Romney will join the author of "The victory lab" to discuss the role of technology in US Presidential election 2012 on Feb 13, 2013. Read more »
Crowdsourcing for Democracy: New Era in Policy-Making
CDDRL NewsOur visiting scholar, Tanja Aitamurto, has published a book 'Crowd sourcing for democracy'. The book looks at the role of crowdsourcing in policy-making and deals with the evolution of crowdsourcing in its multitude of forms from innovation challenges to crowd funding. It also serves as a handbook with practical advice for successful crowdsourcing in a variety of public domains. Read more »
Liberation Technology: Social Media and the Struggle for Democracy
CDDRL NewsLiberation Technology brings together cutting-edge scholarship from scholars and practitioners at the forefront of this burgeoning field of study. An introductory section defines the debate with a foundational piece on liberation technology and is then followed by essays discussing the popular dichotomy of "liberation" versus "control" with regard to the Internet and the sociopolitical dimensions of such controls. Additional chapters delve into the cases of individual countries: China, Egypt, Iran, and Tunisia. Read more »
October 26th, 2012
In Kenyan slum, mobile phones pinpoint better water
CDDRL, FSI Stanford NewsAn innovative course at Stanford is designing mobile phone platforms that help improve living conditions in Kenya's largest slums. Part of CDDRL's Program on Liberation Technology at the Freeman Spogli Institute, the course teams students up with local organizations to co-create technology projects that address clean water, sanitation and safety issues. Read more »
September 12th, 2012
LibTech seminar series returns this fall
CDDRL NewsThe Liberation Technology Seminar Series at the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law is back fall quarter with an exciting set of speakers. In light of the U.S. election season, the series will kick off with Daniel Kreiss who has worked extensively on technology and politics in the United States. Read more »
August 30th, 2012
Exploring new technologies at Stanford to monitor human rights
CDDRL, FSI Stanford, PHR, Program on Liberation Technology NewsTeaming up with the Brookings Institution and Google, CDDRL hosted a workshop to bring together four United Nations special rapporteurs, civil society activists, technologists and government donors to brainstorm how to best pair human rights monitors with the technology they need to be more effective in their work. Read more »
March 8th, 2012
Helen Nissenbaum evaluates concerns about online privacy
CDDRL NewsNew York University Professor Helen Nissenbaum outlined her approach to evaluating concerns about pervasive loss of online privacy at the March 8 Liberation Technology Seminar. 
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March 1st, 2012
Joshua Blumenstock explores economic shock impacts using “big data”
CDDRL NewsDuring the Liberation Technology Seminar on March 1, Joshua Blumenstock, a Ph.D. candidate at U.C. Berkeley’s School of Information, demonstrated the use of “big data” to explore the economic impact of mobile phone technologies in sub-Saharan Africa. Video available
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February 16th, 2012
Stanford Knight journalism fellows share technology ideas
CDDRL NewsDuring the Feb. 16 Liberation Technology Seminar, five teams from Stanford University’s John S. Knight Journalism Fellowship program shared their ideas on using technology to push the boundaries of journalism. Read more »
February 9th, 2012
Kathleen Reen discusses Internet security and safe computing
CDDRL NewsKathleen Reen, vice president for Asia and New Media programs at Internews, delivered the Feb. 9 Liberation Technology Seminar on the topic of "Strategies and Support for a Global Open Internet." Read more »
February 4th, 2012
Are the days of web surfing over?
CDDRL Op-edIn an opinion piece for The New York Times on Feb. 4, Evgeny Morozov declares the days of cyberspace exploration over, snuffed out by the world of social media and search engine optimization. Read more »
January 19th, 2012
David Wolman discusses young activists in Egypt
CDDRL NewsOn Jan. 19, David Wolman contributing editor to Wired magazine, presented his new book The Instigators about Egypt’s youth activists at the Liberation Technology Seminar Series. Video available
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January 12th, 2012
Rebecca MacKinnon on how the Internet should be structured and governed
CDDRL NewsRebecca MacKinnon, the Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation, delivered the inaugural lecture for the Liberation Technology Seminar Series on Jan. 12 on the topic of Internet freedom and governance. Video available
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January 1st, 2012
LibTech seminar series, winter quarter
CDDRL NewsThe Liberation Technology Seminar Series for the winter quarter features an impressive array of speakers. Read more »
December 8th, 2011
Klingner discusses Martus, a free and open source software program
CDDRL NewsJeff Klingner, computer science consultant at Benetech, delivered Dec. 8 Liberation Technology Seminar on the topic of collecting, protecting, and analyzing human rights data. Video available
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December 1st, 2011
Two approaches to debates on technology and democracy: Evgeny Morozov
CDDRL NewsOn Dec. 1, Evgeny Morozov visiting scholar at CDDRL's Program on Liberation Technology delivered a seminar on the current state of the Internet and the democracy debate after the Arab Spring. Video available
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November 17th, 2011
d.school uses mobile technology for social issues in Kenya
CDDRL NewsThe November 17 Liberation Technology Seminar was co-hosted by the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), a nonpartisan economic policy research organization that unites remarkable economic talent from all parts of Stanford University. This seminar featured four student-led design projects that were created in the Designing Liberation Technologies course taught each spring at Stanford's Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (d.school) by professors' Josh Cohen and Terry Winograd. Read more »
November 10th, 2011
O’Brien aims at protecting online journalists
CDDRL NewsDanny O'Brien led the Nov. 10 Liberation Technology seminar on the topic, “Reports from the Bleeding Edge: What Journalism in Syria, China and Iran tell us about Silicon Valley's Future”. O'Brien is the Internet Advocacy Coordinator at Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), which was founded in New York in 1981 with the aim of defending individual journalists worldwide. Video available
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November 3rd, 2011
Kim states technology enables the right to education
CDDRL NewsPaul Kim, the assistant dean for technology & CTO at Stanford University's School of Education, led the Nov. 3 Liberation Technology Seminar Series on “Global Inequalities, Achievement Gaps, and Mobile Innovations.” Kim has been reconceptualizing the whole education system, with a particular focus on the education of children in deprived areas. Video available
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October 31st, 2011
LibTech Program is building an interactive database of the world's constitutions
CDDRL NewsThe Program on Liberation Technology at Stanford's Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law is building a ‘Constitution Explorer’ website that will host a structured database of constitutions to enable people to compare and contrast other countries' constitutions as they undergo their own national projects for constitutional change. Read more »
October 27th, 2011
Gregory and Nunez discuss the use of video cameras in human rights work
CDDRL NewsSam Gregory, program director at WITNESS
and Bryan Nunez, technology manager at Witness, delivered the Oct. 27 Liberation Technology seminar entitled, “Cameras Everywhere: Meeting the Challenges at the intersection of Human Rights, Video and Technology.” Video available
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October 20th, 2011
Srinivasan speaks to using social media to create connections
CDDRL NewsRamesh Srinivasan, assistant professor at UCLA in design and media/information studies, delivered the Oct. 20 Liberation Technology seminar. Video available
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October 13th, 2011
Stern discusses strengthening grassroots in Africa providing the “last mile”
CDDRL NewsIn the October 13 seminar entitled, "The Last Mile: Grassroots Development and Technology in Africa” Joshua Stern, executive director of Envaya, and Jesse Young, CTO of Envaya, shared their insights into how software could be used to strengthen grassroots development in Africa. Video available
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October 6th, 2011
McLaughlin speaks on the expansion of the internet and its risks
CDDRL NewsAndrew McLaughlin, a lecturer at the Stanford Law School and the executive director of the Creative Commons delivered the inaugural lecture for the fall season of the Liberation Technology Seminar Series at the Center on Democracy, Develpoment and Rule of Law. Video available
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